Mon Bazou – SantaGoat came up with a different yet familiar project after the Finnish summer car project with an exciting name.

First, the title of the game is worth explaining. It’s French, perhaps even a Quebec dialect. It means “my piece of s__t car”. It could also be called a life simulator, and the car will be at the heart of the gameplay. That doesn’t mean you’ll be behind the wheel of a beat-up BMW all day long in Mon Bazou, set in Canada in 2005.

The game was set in 2005 because there was a big scene for tuned cars at the time, and many street racing aspirants were hitting the streets. (The Fast & Furious movies significantly influenced this, and video game examples include the two Underground episodes of the Need For Speed series and 2005’s Most Wanted.) Our goal will be to make money and stop calling our car a Bazou, but a great little asphalt-scraping race car.

Mon Bazou currently has 136 reviews (an indie game can get that many in two weeks!) and very positive reviews. According to the game’s Steam page, “build your crappy vehicle into a race car by installing the parts yourself. Make money by cutting wood, racing at night or delivering pizza. Maybe you want to manage a sugar shack and make tons of maple syrup or build yourself a big garage? You need to keep yourself fed by drinking delicious Maple Syrup and eating Poutine. Welcome to Canada! It’s taking place in 2005 with the hot scene of tuned cars and wanna-be streets racers. Lots of upgradable parts on the main vehicle. Install the parts yourself on the vehicle. Trailer / Boat / ATV mechanics. Bodywork tool & a very flexible spray paint system. Boil sugar water and sell barrels of Maple Syrup. Streets races at night meet, deliver pizzas, grow plants, sell weed joint, grow & cut down trees to sell logs, or split it and sell for firewood, or gather parts at the scrapyard to sell.”

It’s very similar to My Summer Car, where the developer (from Finland himself, so there’s no lack of authenticity) provided a Finnish lifestyle. Still, the middle finger is a bit bold (maybe that’s why Mon Bazou has French swearing… and there’s no French in-game language, which is a bit incomprehensible?!). The developer on Discord welcomes feedback.

Source: PCGamer